Hi everyone.
I’m currently on rooted SGH-i747M(Rogers) 4.1.2, and I'm trying to find out how to upgrade to 4.4.2 and keep it rooted.
Since my device is already rooted it won’t let me update to the latest firmware.
What would be the proper procedure to move to 4.4.2 rooted?
and does it worth it to upgrade to 4.2.2? I'm asking because I've seen posts on how to downgrade to 4.1.2 from 4.4.2.
Thanks so much in advance.
Once you upgrade to 4.3 or 4.4.2, you cannot downgrade to anything before 4.3.
Is your phone carrier unlocked? If not, I suggest downgrading to 4.1.1, unlock it, then start upgrading the stock ROM.
The easiest way would be to flash back to stock non-rooted 4.1.1, unlock it, and start updating via OTA or use desktop Odin to flash a stock Rogers ROM from sammobile.com.
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audit13 said:
Once you upgrade to 4.3 or 4.4.2, you cannot downgrade to anything before 4.3.
Is your phone carrier unlocked? If not, I suggest downgrading to 4.1.1, unlock it, then start upgrading the stock ROM.
The easiest way would be to flash back to stock non-rooted 4.1.1, unlock it, and start updating via OTA or use desktop Odin to flash a stock Rogers ROM from sammobile.com.
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Thanks alot for the tips!
I'm on Rogers and I don't remember doing any unlocking.
So do I download the stock 4.1.1 also from sammobile.com and use Odin to downgrade to it?
And after I unlock it on 4.1.1, do OTA update to 4.4.2., and then root it?
newbie386 said:
Thanks alot for the tips!
I'm on Rogers and I don't remember doing any unlocking.
So do I download the stock 4.1.1 also from sammobile.com and use Odin to downgrade to it?
And after I unlock it on 4.1.1, do OTA update to 4.4.2., and then root it?
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Exactly. That's what I did with my Bell s3. Make sure you are not rooted and running stock recovery before running OTA updates.
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Exactly. That's what I did with my Bell s3. Make sure you are not rooted and running stock recovery before running OTA updates.
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On 4.1.1 what unlocking method did you use?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176719
This is my experience with the T999 model but it should be the same here. Personally I hate otas, so I avoid them if at all possible.
You shouldnt need to flash the full 4.1.1 firmware to do the unlock. Just the modem. Then flash the 4.4.2 firmware via odin after unlocking. Reroot and youre done.
Nothing wrong with how audit13 suggested btw. Itll work that way too. Just offering an alternative.
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Thanks to you all, I'm now on rooted 4.4.2 with CWM.
One thing I missed is to backup the rom using CWM. I've already restored all my previous apps and data using Titanium Backup, and I had to go through a lot of troubleshooting with errors like *Unfortunately ***** has stopped." I think everything's working well now though. Should I still do backup in CWM or is backing up with TB enough?
My second question is that it seems to drain battery more. When I wake up this morning the battery was only at 85% or so. I have it plugged in now but it's charging very slow. Is this a known issue with a fix?
Did you restore data and settings for system apps? If so, this can cause issues if done from one build to another, such as battery drain, force closes and degraded performance.
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Did you restore data and settings for system apps? If so, this can cause issues if done from one build to another, such as battery drain, force closes and degraded performance.
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I did TB-> Batch Actions -> Restore all apps with data. Right below there is 'Restore all system data' which I didn't do, but I'm not sure if that 'all' includes system data as well?
The selections under Restore section in Titanium Backup were the following:
RUN: Restore missing apps with data
RUN: Restore all apps with data <<=== this is what I did
RUN: Restore all system data
RUN: Restore missing apps + all system data
RUN: Restore newer versions of user apps
I recharged to 100% then performed a Battery Calibration using an app, but 20% just got drained in an hour and half of pretty much all standby time(screen off).
I would factory reset, reboot and let it sit for a few minutes. Then using titanium, restore only essential apps and data first. You should be able to use the batch restore and then select from a list what you want to include. Test for a bit to see if anything you restored causes problems. If not restore a few more and test. Do this until you narrow down what is causing your problems.
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You're right. I should just do that.
I was following the root method at galaxys3root.com, and the files I was told to use were UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.01, Odin3 v1.85 and CWMS3ATTrecovery.tar in which there was image.img without any version number.
I did some digging and found Odin3 v3.09 which seems to be the latest version. Then I went to http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager to download the CWM from the original source, but they're all img files and odin wants a tar file. How do I put this into a tar file, and do I need to rename any? I just want to do everything right this time. Would DE-SAMSUNGNIZER_KNOX_REMOVAL_SCRIPT_V2.1 be a good idea as well?
edit: oh never mind I went into the CWM and saw the version was 6.0.4.7 which is the latest. So I'll just use the same files again for root.
I just did a factory reset, and the CWM and the root as well as superSU are not lost. Is this normal? I thought factory reset takes away the root... Also I just checked in download mode that the Warranty Bit is now 1. It was 0 when I first rooted, so I'm guess the resetting might have done that. Oh well...
Custom recoveries and kernels are what usually trip the warranty bit, so if you installed cwm, thats what tripped it. I wouldn't worry too much over it. Warranty claims are pretty rare, and a lot of people have reported their warranty was honored even though the bit was tripped.
Root will remain after resetting because it is on the system partition. Factory reset only wipes /data.
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After factory reset I only restored some of the apps this time, and for many of them I restored only the data. But this battery drain issue is still there. It not only drains battery but in the morning when I woke up the lock screen didn't want to come on. I pressed the power button, and the three physical buttons' LED lights were lit but the screen remained blank. It took a long time until the lock screen comes on but it didn't respond to touch, acting very very laggy until I reboot. I tried wiping dalvik cache(although I wasn't quite sure what it was) in restore mode but it didn't help.
I learned about battery drain monitor apps and downloaded Wakelock Detector. It was showing that my AVG Antivirus Pro is awake all the time taking a lot of battery, and I'm not quite sure if it's supposed to be that way since it should be running in the background all the time. But this seem to be still too much. Can I just assume at this point that the Antivirus is what's causing the issue?
I've seen others recommend wakelock detector, but I'm not familiar with it myself. But I doubt your AV should be using that much, nor should Android System. But a dead giveaway that there's a problem lurking is it only spent 1 second in deep sleep. And 7.5 hours awake with the screen off.
Looking at the wld screen, it certainly seems like AVG is the problem, or at least a big part of it! I'm not sure it's the only one though with your system use being so high in the first screen shot.
I'd suggest uninstalling AVG and test it at least for one full cycle. Also, look to see if wld is able to log kernel wakelocks. In better battery stats you have to set it to do so in settings if I remember right.
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I have a stock ATT Galaxy Note II except that I am rooted so I could use Titanium Backup and a few other things. Also I hid or deleted some ATT Bloatware (not sure which ones -- probably should have recorded what I did). Anyway, the previous OTA update from ATT worked fine. But this time the update to I317UCAMH3 always fails. It downloads, reboots and then fails about when it says 25%. I have been searching here for ideas what to do. Tried to unhide the ATT apps that I could find. That didn't solve the problem. Used Triangle Away to get the counters back. Still no luck.
Did a lot of searching on threads here on what to do but none of the suggestions seemed to work. I think I still have stock recovery but not sure. Is there any way to tell?
Any ideas? Do I need to reinstall the ATT ROM from scratch (including reinstalling apps, etc)?
Based on what I am hearing from friends, I expect ATT to soon release the 4.3 update for this phone. So I think I would like to be stock for now plus root.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
-- Charley
Your answer is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448927
I'll be doing this shortly as well.
I had the same trouble. I made a TiBU backup of user apps and their data (no system apps or system data). I made the zip file also.
Then I did a factory reset. After that, the phone completed the update.
charley000 said:
I have a stock ATT Galaxy Note II except that I am rooted so I could use Titanium Backup and a few other things. Also I hid or deleted some ATT Bloatware (not sure which ones -- probably should have recorded what I did). Anyway, the previous OTA update from ATT worked fine. But this time the update to I317UCAMH3 always fails. It downloads, reboots and then fails about when it says 25%. I have been searching here for ideas what to do. Tried to unhide the ATT apps that I could find. That didn't solve the problem. Used Triangle Away to get the counters back. Still no luck.
Did a lot of searching on threads here on what to do but none of the suggestions seemed to work. I think I still have stock recovery but not sure. Is there any way to tell?
Any ideas? Do I need to reinstall the ATT ROM from scratch (including reinstalling apps, etc)?
Based on what I am hearing from friends, I expect ATT to soon release the 4.3 update for this phone. So I think I would like to be stock for now plus root.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
-- Charley
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The MH3 OTA update will fail if any of the files it attempts to patch or replace is missing on the phone. It also expects to see the stock version of kernel, modem, and recovery from whichever firmware it detects - typically MC3 or MA4.
If you don't have those missing system apps available for restore in TiBu, your only current option to get to MH3 is to use Odin to load UCALJ2 or UCAMA4 firmware (available from sammobile.com), then run the OTA process. This will wipe your phone back to pure stock and ymmv on what tibu can restore (stay away from restoring system apps, use caution when restoring data along with any other apps - i.e. only when necessary).
Lastly - I wouldn't be surprised to see the 4.3 update come with a locked bootloader. There may be a way to get into that firmware with root intact but the current state of the sgs4 is a pretty good indicator of what to expect when 4.3 arrives on our att i317.
rangercaptain said:
I had the same trouble. I made a TiBU backup of user apps and their data (no system apps or system data). I made the zip file also.
Then I did a factory reset. After that, the phone completed the update.
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Well tried that. Still fails.
I suspect there is some app or setting that I have to have for ATT to allow me to do it. Others have commented that you need all the ATT Bloatware and other stuff. I am not sure what I have wrong.
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Zen Arcade said:
The MH3 OTA update will fail if any of the files it attempts to patch or replace is missing on the phone. It also expects to see the stock version of kernel, modem, and recovery from whichever firmware it detects - typically MC3 or MA4.
If you don't have those missing system apps available for restore in TiBu, your only current option to get to MH3 is to use Odin to load UCALJ2 or UCAMA4 firmware (available from sammobile.com), then run the OTA process. This will wipe your phone back to pure stock and ymmv on what tibu can restore (stay away from restoring system apps, use caution when restoring data along with any other apps - i.e. only when necessary).
Lastly - I wouldn't be surprised to see the 4.3 update come with a locked bootloader. There may be a way to get into that firmware with root intact but the current state of the sgs4 is a pretty good indicator of what to expect when 4.3 arrives on our att i317.
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Thanks. Probably the best thing for me to do is just to wait until after 4.3 comes out. By that point, you guys will have figured it all out. Then I can either go from scratch (Odin to stock and the update) or I can pick the best ROM from here. I will probably do the latter.
I am leaning towards one of the ROMs that is close to stock such as Clean Rom or Jedi unless someone has a better suggestion.
Thanks everyone for your help.
Zen Arcade said:
The MH3 OTA update will fail if any of the files it attempts to patch or replace is missing on the phone. It also expects to see the stock version of kernel, modem, and recovery from whichever firmware it detects - typically MC3 or MA4.
If you don't have those missing system apps available for restore in TiBu, your only current option to get to MH3 is to use Odin to load UCALJ2 or UCAMA4 firmware (available from sammobile.com), then run the OTA process. This will wipe your phone back to pure stock and ymmv on what tibu can restore (stay away from restoring system apps, use caution when restoring data along with any other apps - i.e. only when necessary).
Lastly - I wouldn't be surprised to see the 4.3 update come with a locked bootloader. There may be a way to get into that firmware with root intact but the current state of the sgs4 is a pretty good indicator of what to expect when 4.3 arrives on our att i317.
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Thanks for this info, very helpful.
Though I am rooted and on a custom ROM and all that, I'm far from an expert on this stuff. I plan on trying the AT&T 4.3 update when it drops, but I am also currently contemplating trying to go to MH3 stock, and maybe then re-root on MH3 and make a full Rooted stock backup available "just in case"...
With that in mind - Question: Can you tell me if getting the stock LJ2 or MA4 firmware via sammobile and loading it via Odin takes care of *completely* "stock"-ing your phone, all in one shot, including resetting the flash counter to "0" and all that good stuff? OR - would I still need to then CF-Auto-Root, Triangle Away, and then do a "Full Unroot" in SuperSU to accomplish all this? Just want to make sure I get it right
Thanks in advance. Been searching but have not found a clear-cut answer to this just yet.
Anonymously_Unknown said:
Your answer is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448927
I'll be doing this shortly as well.
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Will this work if I have TWRP installed?
I'm sure this has been addressed but I can't seem to find a definitive answer. I am bone stock (stock recovery and no custom rom) with just root on AT&T.
There are no missing deleted apps, as I replaced them previously but I still have never been able to do any of the OTA updates. It's starts and then fails.
Is there a way to unroot and the do an OTA update? I am trying to avoid Odin so I dont have to wipe everything and then have to start all over and adjust settings to my liking an also reinstall all of my apps.
I seen there is an option in the Super User app to "completely unroot and uninstall". Will choosing this option allow me to finally do OTA?
I've never installed a custom recovery or a custom rom so I don't know why OTA's always fail. At this point, I dont really care about having root since the only reason I previously wanted it was to remove at&t bloatware but I'd rather have OTA's at this point.
Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated! Please speak slowly and in layman's terms as I am an old fart that is still a bit of a n00b, lol.
Thanks!!
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n01un0 said:
I'm sure this has been addressed but I can't seem to find a definitive answer. I am bone stock (stock recovery and no custom rom) with just root on AT&T.
There are no missing deleted apps, as I replaced them previously but I still have never been able to do any of the OTA updates. It's starts and then fails.
Is there a way to unroot and the do an OTA update? I am trying to avoid Odin so I dont have to wipe everything and then have to start all over and adjust settings to my liking an also reinstall all of my apps.
I seen there is an option in the Super User app to "completely unroot and uninstall". Will choosing this option allow me to finally do OTA?
I've never installed a custom recovery or a custom rom so I don't know why OTA's always fail. At this point, I dont really care about having root since the only reason I previously wanted it was to remove at&t bloatware but I'd rather have OTA's at this point.
Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated! Please speak slowly and in layman's terms as I am an old fart that is still a bit of a n00b, lol.
Thanks!!
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If you are on stock and have a valid AT&T SIM card in the device with full access to Wi-Fi and the AT&T network, you should be able to get an OTA update. Root could, however, indeed prevent an OTA update so your best bet may be to unroot. You could unroot and uninstall SuperSU from the SuperSU app just as you suggested. This should do it. However, if it doesn't and you would really want to avoid Odin and custom recovery, then you could do a 2-step manual update to 4.3 via stock recovery - first to 4.1.2 and then to 4.3. This will naturally update your phone to (full) stock 4.3 and we can then see if the phone will take the Kit-Kat OTA update from there.
You can see the instructions for the 2-step update via stock recovery in the thread below ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
1) Download the 2 zip files under update412.zip and update43.zip respectively to your computer
2) Copy the zip files to a good quality (micro) SD card
3) Place the card in your phone and boot to recovery mode by simultaneously holding down the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons
4) Hold the buttons until you see a blue message flash across the screen. Then release the Power button but continue to hold the Volume Up and Home button until you see the Android image appear. Then release the buttons
5) Use the volume up/down key to scroll to <mount from external storage> and the power button to select
6) Navigate to the first zip file (update412.zip) and install. Wait for installation to finish and your phone to reboot.
7) Complete set up. Check your phone settings. Then power off and reboot to recovery again.
8) Repeat the process for the second update file.
Well I tried the unroot feature in SuperSU and then uninstalled it.
I then tried the OTA update again and as usual, it failed about 30-40% in.
Ive never installed a custom recovery or a ROM so I don't get it. All I did was use Mr.Robinsons thread/directions on "how to root without tripping...." just for root only in the sticky.
I give up.:banghead:
Thank you though for responding. I may try the alternative way you suggested when I get time tomorrow and see what happens. Either that or screw it, im stuck with 4.1.1 and now I don't even have root. :banghead:
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n01un0 said:
Well I tried the unroot feature in SuperSU and then uninstalled it.
I then tried the OTA update again and as usual, it failed about 30-40% in.
Ive never installed a custom recovery or a ROM so I don't get it. All I did was use Mr.Robinsons thread/directions on "how to root without tripping...." just for root only in the sticky.
I give up.:banghead:
Thank you though for responding. I may try the alternative way you suggested when I get time tomorrow and see what happens. Either that or screw it, im stuck with 4.1.1 and now I don't even have root. :banghead:
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There have been several reports of failed OTA update so you may not be alone here. The process I advised is sure to take you to 4.3 JB without hassle. There is, of course, a manual update process from 4.3JB to 4.4.2 Kit-Kat (the latest OS). You will, however, require custom recovery for this ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788357
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There have been several reports of failed OTA update so you may not be alone here. The process I advised is sure to take you to 4.3 JB without hassle. There is, of course, a manual update process from 4.3JB to 4.4.2 Kit-Kat (the latest OS). You will, however, require custom recovery for this ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788357
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Well I finally was able to update via OTA. I had to actually use Kies and reinstall firmware and then go through all the updates, starting from scratch and took forever. What an absolute pain in the ass. Plus, after all this work to go from 4.1 to 4.4..........I can't see where it was worth it. I am now going through the tedious task of setting up all the settings and widgets and everything else the way it was or the way I like. So much for Kies actually backing up and "restoring" anything.
I have a couple of questions though....
1. Now that I am on 4.4..........how do I root this version (that works). I was reading the thread saying to use towelroot but it's not confirmed if this is still working after I guess you do the OTA after a certain date and it's now patched. I DO NOT want to install custom roms or anything else. All I want is root so that I can remove the AT&T crapware that is now even worse with this phone on 4.4.
2. I have a battery percentage that is in the LEFT upper corner that I can not figure out what program or app it is associated with and I can not get rid of it. This is not the % indicator that is part of Android and next to the battery icon on the right which is on and is okay, this is one the left.
3. I hate the new PIN lockscreen because the keypad/numbers are so small compared to old version. Any way to fix this?
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Well I finally was able to update via OTA. I had to actually use Kies and reinstall firmware and then go through all the updates, starting from scratch and took forever. What an absolute pain in the ass. Plus, after all this work to go from 4.1 to 4.4..........I can't see where it was worth it. I am now going through the tedious task of setting up all the settings and widgets and everything else the way it was or the way I like. So much for Kies actually backing up and "restoring" anything.
I have a couple of questions though....
1. Now that I am on 4.4..........how do I root this version (that works). I was reading the thread saying to use towelroot but it's not confirmed if this is still working after I guess you do the OTA after a certain date and it's now patched. I DO NOT want to install custom roms or anything else. All I want is root so that I can remove the AT&T crapware that is now even worse with this phone on 4.4.
2. I have a battery percentage that is in the LEFT upper corner that I can not figure out what program or app it is associated with and I can not get rid of it. This is not the % indicator that is part of Android and next to the battery icon on the right which is on and is okay, this is one the left.
3. I hate the new PIN lockscreen because the keypad/numbers are so small compared to old version. Any way to fix this?
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Glad to know you were finally able to update. To try to answer your questions ....
1. Towelroot indeed comes well recommended for rooting on Kit Kat. You could, however, first try CF Auto Root which is one of the simplest approaches to rooting. If this doesn't work, you could try Option 2 in the thread below ... The thread also contains instructions to CF Auto Root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538991
2. I'm not sure what that battery indicator is. I run 4.4.2 also on my S3 but I cant see this. Can you try a reset to see if it would go away?
3. You can try removing this from settings.
Im glad you asked this...
I too noticed Im on 4.1.1 stock but rooted. I wondered if you could go to 4.4.2 as my phone tried to OTA update on its own last week and failed. I did not know if it was worth it to try or not another way. About the only thing I see that would want me to try is Google Wallet now working with S3 on 4.4.2 without having to jump through all kinds of hoops, mine used to work fine, but now GW will not open up all the way. Im not sure its worth doing if I have to re setup all my crap as I will be upgrading my phone whenever I want, just holding out to see if the Nexus 6 will be out end of the year and on AT&T..Im not liking that all the new phones are getting so freakin big, the S3 is just right and I dont want to have to end up with a damn Note sized phone but that is a whole other discussion
If you're still on 4.1.1, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, UNLOCK YOUR PHONE IF HASN'T ALREADY
otherwise you'll regret it
then the rest, tbh, you don't need to unroot at all to upgrade, just flash the firmware in ODIN or recovery..
edit: nvm it seems like you've already upgrade yours to KitKat
Hello, my phone recently notified me that a 4.4.2 android OTA update is available (i have a AT&T SGH-i747) however once it reboots, it will get to about 29% complete, then i get the "Update failed" message, and it reboots back into android (4.3) and i was wondering how i could get it to work?
(i'm using stock rom, i've NEVER flashed anything on it before, only thing i've done is root it to use titanium backup, however i used the saferoot thing so as to not flip the knox security stuff)
You need to unroot.
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You need to unroot.
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do i have to do something special to do that? or can i just click the "Full unroot" button in the SuperSU settings tab to unroot my phone
You also need stock recovery and, preferably, all of the ATT apps on your phone. I have read that removing too many ATT apps will prevent the OTA update from completing.
I have never tried removing root that way so I cannot comment.
You should also make note of the fact that it is possible to have something go wrong during the OTA process which may result in the loss of your data. I recommend at least backing everything up to your external SD card and removing the SD card during the OTA update process.
like i said, i only rooted to use titanium backup to restore a backup for a game save, that's all i've ever done (so if that undid stock recovery, or removed AT&T apps without me telling it to, then how would i fix that)
In that case, just unroot and then run the OTA update. Titanium backup would not alter the recovery or remove apps.
well, i have 5 hours to wait before doing so, after unrooting (using the saferoot unroot.bat file, then using supersu's unroot after that to finish the process as the saferoot program said to do) i went to click check for updates, and instead got "Your device is running the latest version" and "you may check again in 5 Hours 0 Minuties" which i'm assuming is because it failed last night when i tried to update it?
So everything is completely stock? Does it say custom on the download screen or anywhere in the About section of the phone.
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So everything is completely stock? Does it say custom on the download screen or anywhere in the About section of the phone.
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nope, doesn't say custom anywhere on the about phone screen, will check the download mode now
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nope, doesn't say custom anywhere on the about phone screen, will check the download mode now
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sorry for double post, just checked download mode, says i'm completely stock and official
also thought i'd mention that the check again later timer is going down, it's at 4 hrs and 3 minutes
You could also try booting into recovery and wiping cache and Dalvik. Don't wipe data.
nope, still has a timer, but it's fine as it is going down, i have about 2hrs and 47 Mins left according to it
Sorry for double post again, but timer finished, and update worked flawlessly, so unrooting did work, thanks
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I have a T-Mobile Note 3, all stock, not rooted. I recently installed the lollipop update, and now my screen rotation stops working.
A reboot fixes it, but it will stop working again later in the day.
I have auto rotate on, smart rotate is not on, auto brightness is on (a search said this worked but it was for an older firmware).
Has anyone seen this or possibly know a good fix?
Wow, nobody else has seen this?
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I have a T-Mobile Note 3, all stock, not rooted. I recently installed the lollipop update, and now my screen rotation stops working.
A reboot fixes it, but it will stop working again later in the day.
I have auto rotate on, smart rotate is not on, auto brightness is on (a search said this worked but it was for an older firmware).
Has anyone seen this or possibly know a good fix?
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hello
i had a few issues when i upgraded from 4.4.2 to 5.0 stock lollipop... first of all check if the baseband shows same as the build name.. it should both finish in OB6 ....also try booting the phone in safe mode to see if its and app/tweak error... u could also try a factory reset or a full factory reset from recovery screen with a full wipe and cache and dalvik cache erased but i dont know if its possible in stock android recovery since first thing i do when i unbox the phone is to root... always running rooted and with custom recoveries since i like to mod and tweak my phone i suggest you to try to root and release your phone full potential hope this works for you.
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Reinstalling the lollipop firmware may correct it.
Odin, Kies or whatever method you used, try a reinstall.
Pp.
PanchoPlanet said:
Reinstalling the lollipop firmware may correct it.
Odin, Kies or whatever method you used, try a reinstall.
Pp.
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I just went to Settings, General, About Device, Check for Updates and installed it from there. When I go there now it says the device is up to date, so no way to do it the same way as the first time.
Tostido has a full firmware zip available, you can download extract and reflash using Odin 3.09.
Find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59257327
This will reinstall the latest update and should correct rotation problem.
Pp.
Funny thing is my wife has the same issue on hers. I guess we'll both have to reflash.
Is there a way to flash that toastido version without losing everything? I have a bunch of apps installed, pictures, memos to myself, etc.
WatermelonSlim said:
Funny thing is my wife has the same issue on hers. I guess we'll both have to reflash.
Is there a way to flash that toastido version without losing everything? I have a bunch of apps installed, pictures, memos to myself, etc.
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sure there is... i suggest you to root your device... its very easy and means no harm unless you start playing with system stuff but basically it just unleash your phone full power.... and once you rooted you just install titanium backup which is the best back up ever (in my opinion) and u do a full system data/user data back up which it will save ALL phone and apps settings and data and you just save the titanium back up folder to your pc and then put it back once you done flashing... also be careful once u flash and you are reverting the back up since the error might be a misconfiguration somewhere... but u can choose manually which stuff u wanna restore like accounts messages phone call history and more... also remember to root back again and installing a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM so i can flash stuff and back up and get a better recovery experience and also u could flash the SD card write fix since on newer versions phone wont let you write data directly to a SD card.... hope it helps at all and good luck
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My S3 overheats and drains battery when I'm on a call and when I surf the net Are there apps that manage the phone so it doesnt heat a lot? Are there modems I can download that better manage the battery?
I'm not sure that the modem has much of a role to play in saving battery power.
I always recommend running the latest modem and bootloader to ensure compatibility with the latest custom ROMs.
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I always recommend running the latest modem and bootloader to ensure compatibility with the latest custom ROMs.
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Hi audit. Well I'm not usong a custom rom. I'm using a rooted stock rom, whichbis JB.
But is it possible to install the latest bootloader and modem on JB? Would tjey be compatible? If so, where do I download them from?
The latest bootloader and modem for a T-Mobile phone is a jb. For a Canadian version, which is what I have, the latest modem and bootloader is kk. I don't think the two bootloader or modems are interchangeable.
I honestly can't think of a reason as to why the software would cause the heat issue.
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I honestly can't think of a reason as to why the software would cause the heat issue.
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I think its got to do with busy box or process by which I rooted the phone. I say this because after I backed up and tried to restore my phone through a nandroid, the restore was a total mess. The restore was incomplete. Ever since then, the phone hasnt been the same. I then tried wiping the cache, dalvik, data, did a reset and reformatted the phone. And that didnt help at all. I'm as dumbfounded as you are about this.
You did a full restore via Odin and did a full wipe via stock recovery before first booting the phone?
Rooting should not cause a heat issue and I don't see how busy box would either.
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You did a full restore via Odin and did a full wipe via stock recovery before first booting the phone?
Rooting should not cause a heat issue and I don't see how busy box would either.
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Well regardless, my trouble began after I did a restore and the restore wasnt an exact restore. So somewhere in the phone there lies a major bug especially when the restore wasnt an exact duplicate of the backup.
BTW, since I'm running JB and got the regular task manager, do you know how I can get the card stack-like task manager thats prevalent in Lollipop?
All I can recommend at this point is flashing back to stock, performing a factory reset via stock recovery, and use the phone unrooted to see what happens.
Sorry, not sure how to get the stacked manager,
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All I can recommend at this point is flashing back to stock, performing a factory reset via stock recovery, and use the phone unrooted to see what happens.
Sorry, not sure how to get the stacked manager,
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But I flashed to stock like I told you before.
I know but I wasn't sure if you left it unrooted and tab it that way to see if things changed.
All I can say is mine gets warm during use but not hot.
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I know but I wasn't sure if you left it unrooted and tab it that way to see if things changed.
All I can say is mine gets warm during use but not hot.
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I understand. I'll just leave it at that. Dont want to waste any more time than I already have on this phone. Not worth all the trouble.